Evil of all ages

Chapter 103 The person behind the scenes appears
"My lord, I...I don't know..."

Huang Taichu's acting skills are unmatched; he portrays someone who knows nothing at all.

Ye Wuji frowned slightly, unable to discern anything from Huang Taichu's expression.

Apart from his facial expressions, Huang Taichu's physical characteristics were also normal.

For example, feeling nervous to the point of a rapid heartbeat, fast blood circulation, and sweating from the pores is not a problem at all.

"Think it through before you answer."

Ye Wuji placed his hand on Huang Taichu's shoulder, putting pressure on him.

"I...I really...don't know anything."

Huang Taichu trembled, showing increased tension and fear.

Did I guess wrong?

Ye Wuji began to doubt himself, and he put his hand on Huang Taichu's shoulder.

This was to confirm, once again, whether Huang Taichu's physical reactions were deliberately faked or natural.

Once he realized it was a natural reaction, he couldn't help but wonder if he was going in the wrong direction.

"No, Di Qingtian's sister is not a naive girl who has never seen the world. Ordinary people cannot catch her eye."

"How could she possibly fall for someone so timid and submissive?"

The hand placed on Huang Taichu's shoulder applied slight pressure, causing Huang Taichu to wince in pain.

"Sir... even the most cowardly person has a moment when they muster the courage, especially when they see their beloved girl being bullied..."

Huang Taichu, in unbearable pain, revealed that he had moved Di Luoyun in that instant by saving her as a hero, which led to Di Luoyun taking a liking to him.

Ye Wuji's deep gaze was fixed on Huang Taichu's eyes, but Huang Taichu, out of fear, avoided looking directly at him, and sweat beaded on his forehead.

In the end, Ye Wuji couldn't see anything, and with a tremor of his hand, he pushed Huang Taichu back into the crowd.

"Liu Yidao, I have treated you well, why did you betray me?"

Ye Wuji shifted his gaze to Liu Yidao.

"Director, I didn't."

Liu Yidao knelt on one knee to show that he had not betrayed anyone.

"He won't shed tears until he sees the coffin. Xingze, drag him away and pry his mouth open."

Ye Wuji gave the order.

"Yes"

Yi Xingze accepted the order and immediately dragged Liu Yidao away.

"Director, I did not betray you, I really did not."

Liu Yidao dared not resist, nor could he resist. He cried out his innocence while letting Yi Xingze drag him away.

Huang Taichu, seeing that Liu Yidao was about to suffer physical pain, remained completely indifferent and showed no reaction whatsoever.

Those with innate strength have powerful vitality and can easily endure most forms of torture for several days. Ye Wuji will not torture someone to death if he cannot get what he wants.

In addition, since Liu Yidao has the Greedy World-Devouring Gu in his body, he will only suffer some physical pain at most.

Moreover, it's impossible for Huang Taichu to be truly heartless and indifferent to Liu Yidao.

Beside Ye Wuji was Hou Ziping, a first-rank swordsman. Ye Wuji turned to look at him.

“Besides the central prison, there are still empty cells in the other three prisons. If we squeeze in, we should be able to accommodate everyone.”

"Pass on my order: transfer all prisoners and jailers here, regardless of their status, to the other three prisons. I want this prison to become an empty prison."

Ye Wuji gave the order.

Good grief, he pulled this stunt.

Huang Taichu was speechless. Ye Wuji was putting on a show for all the people in the capital, spreading rumors of a ghost king for destroying the Southern City Prison.

"Director, the prisoners here are all like they're possessed, lying there listlessly. What if we transfer them to other prisons?"

"Will they turn all the other prisoners in the Heavenly Prison into this?"

Hou Ziping shouldn't have argued back, but he was afraid that the director would make a big fuss and be punished by His Majesty.

"Isn't this better? If all the prisoners become like this, there's no need to worry about them escaping."

Ye Wuji had no concept of the Dao.

Seeing that the director had said so, Hou Ziping ordered his men to transfer everyone from the South City Prison.

The jailers and clerks are easy to deal with, at least they can walk, but the prisoners are a problem, they have to be carried out one by one.

During the process of carrying him, Ye Wuji saw the Seventh Prince, who had gone mad, and the Sixth Prince, who was trying to communicate with him through his eyes.

"and many more"

Seeing that the sixth prince seemed to know something, they ordered the men carrying him away to stop.

Just as he stepped forward, hoping to find out what the sixth prince wanted to convey to him.

Suddenly, the sixth prince trembled and fainted.

"Protect him and let the doctors find a way to wake him up."

When Ye Wuji saw the Sixth Prince faint without warning, he realized that the Sixth Prince might know the secrets inside the Heavenly Prison.

Someone didn't want the Sixth Prince to answer, so they used a method he didn't even notice to make him faint. Yi Xingze accepted the order and had the other experts from the Zhenwu Division escort the Sixth Prince away.

Huang Taichu received special treatment; instead of being transferred to one of the other three prisons, he was transferred to the underground prison at the headquarters of the Zhenwu Division.

It was guarded by five innate experts who remained at the headquarters of the Zhenwu Division.

Perhaps Ye Wuji had given instructions that no one would make things difficult for him, and that he would be given good food and drink.

Liu Yidao did not receive such treatment; he was imprisoned in the cell opposite Huang Taichu and was being severely tortured.

This was clearly Ye Wuji's arrangement, simply to put pressure on Huang Taichu.

Seeing Liu Yidao clenching his teeth, he answered every question from the torturers, but none of them were the answer; he only replied that he had not betrayed the Zhenwu Division.

Huang Taichu ran his fingers over the wine in the glass, activated his mental power to create an illusion, making Liu Yidao feel a little better.

When Liu Yi saw the torturers inflicting torture on thin air, he knew it was the work of Lord Yama, and his worship and fanaticism for Lord Yama grew even stronger.

Despite the illusion, Huang Taichu showed no intention of leaving the imperial prison; he was merely creating an illusion.

If the main body can create one clone, it can create a second, a third, and so on...

Those who went to find Ye Wuji could be other clones or the original body.

At this moment, the vast southern prison of the city was completely empty.

Ye Wuji did not leave.

Have someone set out the tea table and tea set, then have everyone else leave.

A man sat down and brewed tea. There was an empty teacup in front of him and another empty teacup opposite him.

Once the tea is brewed, pour some for yourself and also for the empty teacup opposite you.

He was clearly inviting the person behind the control of this prison to come out for tea.

Therefore, he ordered the sealing of several secret passages leading from the prison to the outside world to be lifted in advance.

He wasn't sure if the person behind the scenes would dare to come forward in response to his invitation.

But the people behind the scenes have gone to such lengths to make the Southern City Prison a place rife with terrifying rumors.

If the person behind the scenes does nothing after he does this, the terrifying rumors about the Southern City Prison will be dispelled.

At this moment, Yi Xingze ran over in a panic.

"Director, something terrible has happened! Everyone in your residence has become like the prisoners here, sickly and listless."

Upon hearing this, Ye Wuji paused his movement of bringing the teacup to his lips, but he only paused for a moment before continuing to drink.

It's no surprise that the people behind him would retaliate and threaten him with his family after he made such a big fuss.

"Have all the original prisoners from the other three prisons become sickly and weak after being sent here to be imprisoned?"

Ye Wuji calmly asked while sipping his tea.

"no"

Yi Xingze replied.

"Has the son of the Ghost King exhibited any unusual behavior while he is in our imperial prison?"

Ye Wuji asked.

"no"

“Aside from the initial fear and worry he felt when he saw how Liu Yidao was being tortured, he was later certain that we would not use torture on him.”

"He became like a heartless person, eating and drinking as he pleased."

Yi Xingze replied.

Ye Wuji pondered for a moment, then waved for Yi Xingze to leave.

"Director..."

Yi Xingze wanted to ask the people in the director's residence what to do, and whether they should just leave it unattended.

“My whole family will be fine. The person behind this just wants to see me panic so they can force me to give in.”

"Go down. The person behind this who wants to use my family as leverage should be here soon."

"If there's any commotion inside the prison later, don't come in."

Upon hearing this, Yi Xingze could only bow and leave.

Once Yi Xingze left, the prison returned to quiet. Huang Taichu felt it was time to come out.

With Di Qingtian gone, the South City Prison has effectively lost its protective umbrella. Since Ye Wuji has offered himself up, let him represent Di Qingtian and become the South City Prison's protective umbrella.

"Snapped"

"Snapped"

"Snapped"

Huang Taichu clapped his hands and walked out from the shadows.

"Director Ye, you're mistaken. I never intended to use your family to blackmail you."

"I was just teasing you."

(End of this chapter)